Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

As a woman when you determine your self-worth, you also determine how powerful you are.

Some are interested in the mysterious, but lose interest once they think they know you.

There is no such word as Genius, it is just the combination of hard work and determination.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

You were the vampire in my dream. My perfect one.

The queen of virtues is the recognition of one's own flaws.

A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest. I think that kind of thing is an abuse of history.

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch. Decisions Determine Destiny.

He started pushing to make birdies and you don't do that when you're down.